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Matches/Premier League/Regular Season - 19
Premier League 2011/12Match Finished

Manchester United vs Blackburn

31 Dec 2011 · 12:45 GMT · Regular Season - 19

Manchester United

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2:3HT 0–1

Blackburn

AWAY
⚽ Yakubu Aiyegbeni 16′ (Penalty)⚽ Yakubu Aiyegbeni 51′⚽ Grant Campbell Hanley 80′
Old Trafford (Manchester)Referee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Blackburn win 3–2

Match Finished in the regular season - 19 of the Premier League. 5 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES2 – 3
HALF-TIME0 – 1
MATCH COVERAGE

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LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Manchester UnitedBlackburn

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Manchester United

Formation not supplied

Coach Not supplied

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    David de GeaProfile: Goalkeeper · 21 at kick-off
  2. 3
    Patrice EvraProfile: Defender · 30 at kick-off
  3. 21
    RafaelProfile: Defender · 21 at kick-off
    Off 85′
  4. 4
    Phil JonesProfile: Defender · 19 at kick-off
  5. 16
    Michael CarrickProfile: Midfielder · 30 at kick-off
  6. 25
    Luis Valencia MosqueraProfile: Midfielder · 26 at kick-off
  7. 13
    Ji-Sung ParkProfile: Midfielder · 30 at kick-off
  8. 17
    NaniProfile: Forward · 25 at kick-off
  9. 9
    Dimitar Ivanov BerbatovProfile: Attacker · 30 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 52′Normal Goal 62′
  10. 19
    Daniel Tackie Mensah WelbeckProfile: Attacker · 21 at kick-off
  11. 14
    Javier Hernández BalcázarProfile: Attacker · 23 at kick-off
    Off 46′

Substitutes7

  1. 8
    AndersonProfile: Midfielder · 23 at kick-off
    On 46′
  2. 48
    William KeaneProfile: Attacker · 18 at kick-off
    On 85′
  3. 34
    Anders Rosenkrantz LindegaardProfile: Goalkeeper · 27 at kick-off
  4. 32
    Mame DioufProfile: Forward · 24 at kick-off
  5. 42
    Paul PogbaProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
  6. 51
    Ezekiel FryersProfile: Defender · 19 at kick-off
  7. 52
    Larnell ColeProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off

Blackburn

Formation not supplied

Coach Not supplied

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 13
    Mark BunnProfile: Goalkeeper · 27 at kick-off
  2. 4
    Christopher SambaMatch position not supplied
  3. 31
    Grant Campbell HanleyProfile: Defender · 20 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 80′
  4. 39
    Adam HenleyProfile: Defender · 17 at kick-off
  5. 35
    Jason LoweProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
  6. 12
    Morten Gamst PedersenProfile: Midfielder · 30 at kick-off
  7. 15
    Steven NzonziProfile: Midfielder · 23 at kick-off
  8. 14
    Radosav PetrovićProfile: Midfielder · 22 at kick-off
  9. 24
    Yakubu AiyegbeniProfile: Attacker · 29 at kick-off
    Penalty 16′Normal Goal 51′Off 89′
  10. 10
    Mauro FormicaProfile: Midfielder · 23 at kick-off
    Off 85′
  11. 20
    RochinaProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
    Off 55′

Substitutes7

  1. 33
    Joshua MorrisProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
    On 55′
  2. 25
    David GoodwillieProfile: Attacker · 22 at kick-off
    On 85′
  3. 19
    Jordan SlewProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
    On 89′
  4. 34
    Jacob KeanProfile: Goalkeeper · 20 at kick-off
  5. 22
    Nick BlackmanProfile: Attacker · 22 at kick-off
  6. 29
    Simon VukčevićProfile: Midfielder · 25 at kick-off
  7. 36
    Amine Linganzi KoumbaProfile: Midfielder · 22 at kick-off
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FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. PenaltyBlackburn

    Yakubu Aiyegbeni · Assist: Christopher Samba

  2. SubstitutionManchester United

    Off Javier Hernández Balcázar On Anderson

  3. Normal GoalBlackburn

    Yakubu Aiyegbeni

  4. Normal GoalManchester United

    Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov · Assist: Rafael

  5. SubstitutionBlackburn

    Off Rochina On Joshua Morris

  6. Normal GoalManchester United

    Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov · Assist: Luis Valencia Mosquera

  7. Normal GoalBlackburn

    Grant Campbell Hanley · Assist: Morten Gamst Pedersen

  8. SubstitutionManchester United

    Off Rafael On William Keane

  9. SubstitutionBlackburn

    Off Mauro Formica On David Goodwillie

  10. SubstitutionBlackburn

    Off Yakubu Aiyegbeni On Jordan Slew

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INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

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THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2011/12 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Manchester United

WManchester United vs Wigan26 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 185 – 0WFulham vs Manchester United21 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 170 – 5WQPR vs Manchester United18 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 160 – 2WManchester United vs Wolves10 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 154 – 1WAston Villa vs Manchester United3 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 140 – 1

Blackburn

DLiverpool vs Blackburn26 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 181 – 1LBlackburn vs Bolton20 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 171 – 2LBlackburn vs West Brom17 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 161 – 2LSunderland vs Blackburn11 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 152 – 1WBlackburn vs Swansea3 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 144 – 2
Previous meetings Within this cup import

No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 19 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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